Camille d'Hostun

Camille d'Hostun, Duc de Tallard (14 February 1652-20 March 1758) was a Marshal of France.

Biography
D'Hostun originally served under Louis XIV of France in his early wars: he at first served under Louis II de Conde in the Netherlands and after 1674 with the Marquis de Vauban in Alsace-Lorraine. From 1688 to 1697 he fought in the War of the Grand Alliance, but his real skills were displayed in the War of the Spanish Succession from 1701 to 1714.

In 1701 he captured the city of Brussels from the United Provinces, who had occupied the Spanish Netherlands from Hendrik of Nassau-Ouwerkirk, and proceeded to take over the capital of Amsterdam, destroying the Dutch resistance.